Obesity Essay Examples

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IntroductionAfter tobacco the second largest health disease which causing a death with a very high rate is yet increasing rapidly in the United States 127 million of the people including of every age out of which 6 million of the people were suffering from a minor obese and remaining from the major or severe obese.DiscussionAccording to the eyes of AOA (American Obesity Association), Suffering people from the obese were more than 55 percent were overweight and suffering from obese and in this case if multiple disease occurs then it is a very dangerous for the patients of obese, the disease which develops more severe to obese are gallbladder, heart disease, cancer of the breast, stroke
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Obesity
Over time many people have heard the phrase, "you are what you eat." What many people now wonder though, is are you really? When you look around at the world you see all kinds of different body types; curvy, skinny, chunky, chubby. Obesity is it just eating habits or are there many other reasons? Obesity is the health topic of choice these days because obesity in America is a growing epidemic. Obesity is not the greatest thing for your body. There are many points of obesity to cover like, child hood obesity, eating habits, disease, genetics, and many others. A big problem, somewhat resulting in obesity is “Fast Food”.
Fast food is resulting in obesity because it unhealthy and the
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Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to health problems. It also can be defined as abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that can presents a risk to health. According to WHO, 2013, body mass index (BMI) is a measurement that can be obtained by dividing a person’s weight (in kilograms) by the square of the person’s height (in meters). “A person is considered obese when their BMI equal to or exceeds 30 kg/m2. A person with a BMI equal to or more than 25 kg/m2 is considered overweight”(WHO, 2013). Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food energy intake, lack of
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For the past 10 years, obesity has become an epidemic. Not only adults are obese but children as well. The number of children with obesity keeps increasing each year. There are children being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems due to their obesity. Some experts are predicting that obesity will became the number one leading cause of premature death, instead of tobacco. There are many ways to prevent obesity in children and is up to the parent, to provide their children with healthier food options.
Obesity has not only targeted children of a certain age group but at this time obesity is in all ages including preschooler. The statistics taken by The National
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The similar characteristics between overweight and obese people often cause misinterpretation of their definitions. According to the Weight-Control Information Network (NIDDK), being overweight means having extra body mass as compared to defined weight standards while obesity refers to having an abnormally high ratio of fat to muscle. Mathematically, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) classifies obesity by using the Body Mass Index (BMI) chart, which calculates the ratio of weight (kg) over height squared (m2). For example, a person is overweight if the ratio is from 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 and obese if the ratio reaches 30 or greater (NIDDK).Centuries ago, people considered being
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Obesity is not just a matter of moral decision-making.Our Society today stresses thinness upon all of us. Thin means power, attractiveness, money, and men. While society states that thin is in, reality states that more and more people in the United States are overweight and even obese. The facts show that sixty one percent of US adults are overweight and thirteen percent of US children are seriously overweight. Is obesity a matter of moral decision-making? It has been said and branded into our minds that obesity is cause by overeating and not exercising. Is this true? Is this the cause of obesity? Obesity is referred to as an unhealthy level of body fat. Is this unhealthy level of body fat
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Research Paper Obesity in Children Today, United States is facing many health related problems like breast cancer, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and others. Among this obesity is one of the most serious health problems facing the youth of United States and evidence shows that the problem is getting worse. Childhood obesity represents a threat to the health of the U.S. population that must be considered equal to that presented by AIDS and teen pregnancy.Obesity is defined as increase in body weight resulting from an excessive increase in fat (Joseph et.al 1). Leading factors causing obesity are overeating, binge eating, and low activity levels (Better Health 2). Obesity in children is a
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Fat people are everywhere! Well maybe that is not entirely true but the percentage of obese people has been rising for the last few decades. What exactly is obesity? According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, “Obesity means having too much body fat.” Being overweight and being obese are not the same medical condition. A person can be overweight from having extra muscle, fat, bone, or water within their body. An obese person is only overweight from one thing: excess body fat. Obesity is usually caused by consuming more calories than one's body will burn. The excess calories that are not burned by the body are turned into fat. While caloric intake is just one way a person becomes
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Do you know what’s the number one cause of death in America? Well the number one cause of death is heart related diseases. Many of these heart related diseases are caused by obesity. Obesity is “the condition of being grossly fat or overweight.” It is not just being thick boned, or even hereditary. Obesity has become a growing epidemic around the world! A very colossal problem here in the untied states of America; What is sad is that it is a disease one has caused due to their own choice of life style.
Obesity has caused great dilemma in America. It was known as an adult disease. “Over two thirds of adults are over weight or obese.”(Obesity, Jerry R Ballenttne) these numbers are
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Obesity is a complex disorder, with a simple cause. Unhealthy eating habits start young, but food is not the only problem people have. Over half of the adult population is not getting the proper physical activity they should. Fat is an essential to life and humans are professional at creating it. Since people are so good at creating fats, they need to have a balanced nutrition, because having too much fat is unsafe, but having too little is unhealthy (Power 5). Obesity is a growing problem/ issue and dieting pills are not safe and effective, because they have not been tested.
During 1770, Daniel Lambert lived in England. He was born in Leicester and died at the age of 39 in Stamford
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N. Jay Sorensen states in one of her articles about obesity in America “Obesity continues to be one of America's most mentioned topics in the media today. Often citing the increased incidence of disease because we American's are fat. Why, we eat out too often, we do not make the right menu choices, and most importantly--we are not active enough to compensate for the intake of high calorie foods consumed every day.” It is obvious that obesity is becoming a real issue because of food. Also, obesity is not only about the outlook, it has a serious comorbidities like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, elevated cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, heart attacks , strokes, and other chronic
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Imagine that you are sitting in a restaurant and you just ordered a Caesar salad and Clam Chowder soup combo when a huge man walks in and the kid sitting with his mom two booths behind you says, “Look mommy! There’s a really big monster.” When you turn around to look, you think, “Yeah, he’s obese.” Well, what is obesity? Obesity means the condition of being grossly fat or overweight. What causes obesity, how do you prevent it, and how do you cure yourself if you wake up one morning and you finally realize, you are obese.
Do you have any of these symptoms?
 Breathlessness
 Excessive sweating
 Snoring
 Difficulty sleeping
 Tiredness
 Very thirsty
 Back and joint pains
 High blood
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Obesity Problems and Solutions
I. Introduction:
Hook Statement:
According to NIH (National Institutes of Health), your risk for coronary heart disease rises along with your body mass index when it rises.
General Statement:
Coronary heart disease or in short "CHD" is a condition when the coronary arteries (arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart) are narrowed by plaque.
Thesis Statement:
There are many reason why your body max index rises, I’ll check out the major problems of this epidemic trouble.
II. Body Paragraphs:
Body Paragraph 1:
According to ajcn.nutrition.org (2009), Nowadays Americans are overweight more than 65 percent of the population, it has been an epidemic
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susceptible to disease and death than those of normal weight.Obesity can be termed deviant for a variety of reasons. Not only is it unhealthy, but it is also a widely unaccepted behavior in US society. The obese are labeled "...obscene, lazy, slothful, and gluttonous" (Adler and Adler 2000). People are ostracized, often never to regain full societal acceptance. According to Hammarlund et al (1998) prevention is necessary to decrease prevalence of obesity because few adults who actually do lose weight are able to keep it off.Obesity is attributable to many factors, nature and nurture included. Some individuals are inclined to blame the obese individual for his or her health status. Still
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Obesity
Have you ever wondered how obesity affects your life? Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions; it is the plague of the 21st century. I’ll be going over some of the reasons of how obesity affects everyday activities, for example activities, sports, and health problems. Obesity is a very debated subject today and physical education should be recommended for students because it could easily change their outlook on physical education or obesity. Well obesity is a very big issue in modern societies; it has a lot of attention drawn to it.
First of all you have just the daily activities of any human being. If you are too big of a person you could end up having trouble walking or
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Obesity is a public health issue that is spreading rapidly. Obesity is most blatantlyvisible yet the most neglected in the realm of public health concerns. Obesity is a complex condition that affects all ages and does not discriminate in choosing its victims. Obesity is not only responsible for many disparities in our nation's health status but it can also cause serious social and psychological problems. In 1995 there were approximately 200 million obese adults and nearly 18 million children classified as overweight worldwide. (WHO 2003) Until recently, type 2 diabetes mellitus was thought to be a rare occurrence in children and adolescents. During the mid-1990s, investigators began to
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The field of radiography requires a lot of critical thinking, and with the growing rate of obesity, radiographers need those critical thinking skills even more. Obesity is a major issue in the United States and issues concerning this disease can be quite deadly. The article “Obesity and Medical Imaging Challenges” brings to light several of the issues as to why our population’s obesity rate is increasing and poses solutions to those problems.
This article points out that not only is the occurrence of obesity in our country increasing, it is not the 2nd leading cause of death, only behind smoking.1 This not only poses a problem for the individuals themselves, but it also poses a problem
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Disease is very difficult to define, because many diseases are multifunctional in both their symptoms and how someone comes about developing such diseases. Diseases that are fatal or disfiguring are easily defined as disease, but diseases that in between the physical and psychological are not quite as easy. Obesity is a disease because it not only falls under the criteria of disease, but is comparable to many disordered that can considered diseases.Physical disease is when the body is physically unable to function. An example of a physical disease would be Cerebral Palsy. This is a disease that is thought to be the result of trauma to a child's brain before, during or after birth. It can
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force have contributed to a dramatic shift in family eating habits. The traditional family dinner has been replaced by microwavable dinners or unhealthy fast foods. Also, the shifting economy has resulted in a growing number of latch-key children. Often these children are responsible for providing snacks and dinner for themselves and their younger siblings. Compounding the problems associated with latch key children, parents’ perceptions of safe neighborhoods also contribute to increases in childhood obesity. Our local community lacks organized opportunities for safe, recreational activities; therefore, in the absence of adult caregivers, many latch-key children are instructed to remain
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One of the biggest problems of humanity nowadays is obesity. From some years until now, humans have been suffering from this eating disorder with more frequency. Obesity is when one has too much body fat, and is unable either by genetic or environmental factors to control it. This problem has become more frequent as the society of today is all about consumption, fast food, calories and lack of exercise, as a simple machine is able to do everything one is too lazy to do. This is a problem because worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980 and obesity is the fifth leading risk of global deaths. As a whole, approximately 2.8 million people die per year because of obesity and this disease
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low self-esteem of people constantlystruggling to become what they see as a normal member of society.A problem that lies within this problem, is the chronically obese person. Obesity is when one's bodywieght is 25-30% above normal. While overweight is 20-30 pounds over normal. Most people,including health care providers see the problem with obesity as eating too much and exercising toolittle. But in truth, for many obese people the problem lies with genetic predisposition, metabolicproblems, binge eating or sometimes all. These factors make dieting virtually impossible becausethese problems are not ones that can be solved by simply cutting calories. Especially the problem ofbinge
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Samuel Klein of the Daily News, in his article, Medical Approaches to Weight Reduction, explains obesity has become an American epidemic. Samuel Klein expounds that there are many solutions of how a person should lose weight. He explains further," First you have to learn about the patients physical, psychological, and emotional situations." "There are numerous approaches for weight reduction", the doctor clarifies.These approaches are dieting behavior modification, exercise, and drug therapy. The diet program has to match the person's body weight well being and calorie deficit desire. In general the diet should provide at least 0.8k/g ideal body weight per day. The diet plan has to provide
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OBESITYObesity is a condition in which a person's weight is more than 20% higher than what is recommended for their height. It occurs when there is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. In other words, you consume more calories than you can use in your daily activities. Lipids are a major cause of obesity and can be found in foods such as margarine, cream, whole milk, eggs and avocadoes. Foods containing fats and lipids are a dense source of fuel, as 1 gram provides 37 kilojoules of energy. Because of this, it is important to eat fatty foods, such as McDonalds, in moderation. Gender is also and important factor, as males tend to have a higher metabolic rate then females
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just love them and their positive attitudes. Working with these children helped me realize that whatever I did in life would be focused around children such as them. The volunteer work I committed to at this hospital helped me realize the career field I wanted to go into, and it also taught me how important it is to keep the new generations yet to come healthy, and a massive risk factor that would risk the health of children is childhood obesity.
Although parents are not paying much attention to their children gaining excessive amounts of weight, it is a serious matter because it leads to illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and other health risks. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic
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Forty years ago in America childhood obesity was rarely a topic of conversation. A survey done in the early 1970s showed that 6.1% of children between the ages 12 and 19 were overweight. Eight years later the same survey was done and 17.4% were considered overweight (Iannelli). “Childhood obesity epidemic in America is now a confirmed fact since the number of overweight or obese children has more than tripled during the last 30 years” (Childhood Obesity Epidemic). “Over the last 20 years, the prevalence of obesity in children aged 6 to 11 years has tripled from 6.5% to 19.6%” (Childhood Obesity Epidemic). As a nation statistics should be alarming. Why are American children today so obese
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What is one of the most serious problems for children in North America today? These days, many people suffer from obesity in North America and, it causes problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and early mortality. A lot of people think that obesity is a problem only for adults, but now obesity has become one of the most serious problems for children in North America. Childhood obesity occurs when children are overweight and this is measured by body mass index (BMI). Obese children tend to be unhappy because they often have bad health, bad social relationships, and low self-confidence. Mayo clinic staff (2012) defined childhood obesity as:
Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition
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Prenatal and postnatal care can affect the health of children in many ways, and if mothers do not take care of themselves and their babies during pregnancy it could have a drastic effect on their health after they are born. Professors at Brigham Young University, Michael Seipel and Kevin Shafer conducted research over the pre- and postnatal care of soon to be mothers to observe their effect on their children. The findings of their study show that the probability of childhood obesity can be lessened if pregnant women do not smoke and do not “gain significant pregnancy-related weight”. Gaining a significant amount of weight during your pregnancy can be unhealthy for both the mother and the
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Obesity is one of the leading causes of death in the world; in fact, it is responsible for 300,000 adolescent deaths each year. From 1980 to 2000 alone, teen obesity rates went up 10 percent. Although obesity does not seem like a big dilemma, it is a problem that’s growing every year, affecting children and their lives. Teenage obesity can result from many factors and prove hazardous to a person’s health, yet it is controllable with proper treatment and care.
Although there are many cases of teen obesity, not all of them are related. There are numerous origins behind being overweight. One of them is emotional difficulty. People who are overweight, especially females, tend to have very low
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Childhood Obesity
“Obesity is a disease in which a person is at increased risk of unfavorable health outcomes as a result of excess body fat” (Perpich, Russ, Rizzolo, & Sedrak, 2011, p. 31) Obesity can be measured by performing a body mass index test, which measures the excess fat of a person. As humans, body sizes vary in shape and size, but the weight of a child should be proportionate with their height (Perpich et al., 2011). Children are considered obese when their weight is approximately 20% more then what it should be based on their age (Perpich et al., 2011). Being obese can have a negative impact on the health of a child and lead to many long term complications that could have been
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Childhood obesity it is a huge epidemic. The number of obese children in the U.S. has increased over the past years. The number has obviously also grown due to the video games, computers, and televisions, which are considered to be needed now-a-days, and have begun to take over the importance of exercising. The lack of exercise can lead to obesity, which approaches a lot of negative effects. Obesity puts these children at a very high risk of developing many serious illnesses like high blood pressure, asthma, and many more. Even though there are many things that get in the way that can make obesity hard to slow down or stop children from being obese, there are some ways that can slow down or
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“At present approximately 9 million children over 6 years of age are considered obese” (Mahshid Dehghan). Childhood obesity continues to increase every year. Childhood obesity has a lot of causes centering on an imbalance of energy taken in and the amount of energy used. Factors of childhood obesity include children having obese parents; low energy expenditure which is a low amount of physical activity is a factor and too much television which is a cause for low physical activity time. Another factor that influences childhood obesity is heredity. Infants born to overweight mothers are found to be less active than other infants. Parents are the primary contributors of childhood obesity based
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“Childhood obesity is a growing problem with the percentage of obese children doubling from 6.5% in 1980, to 17.0% in 2006. Weight, nutrition, and physical activity are the main components to a child’s overall health.”(1) To research childhood obesity you must know what it is, “obesity means having too much body fat. A child is obese if their weight is more than 20% higher than the ideal weight for a boy or girl of their age and height.”(2) Who is responsible for childhood obesity? This topic is interesting because it affects so many people. Everywhere that you look you see that there are articles and campaigns about childhood obesity in the United States of America. If you have every
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Running Head: AFRICA
Running Head: CHILD OBESITY
CHILD OBESITY
[Name of the Writer]
[Name of the Institution]
Child Obesity
Obesity is a situation that influences more than one-quarter of adults and one out of five children according to the American Obesity Association (AOA). The special effects of obesity are sickness, decease, disabilities and morbidity. This disease does not receive the notice that it ought to have from the government and insurance companies. United States spends billions of dollars on healthcare and well being every year. Yet, obesity is on the rise. An estimated 70 to 74% of our US veterans are either overweight or
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Running Head: AFRICA
Running Head: CHILD OBESITY
CHILD OBESITY
[Name of the Writer]
[Name of the Institution]
Child Obesity
Obesity is a situation that influences more than one-quarter of adults and one out of five children according to the American Obesity Association (AOA). The special effects of obesity are sickness, decease, disabilities and morbidity. This disease does not receive the notice that it ought to have from the government and insurance companies. United States spends billions of dollars on healthcare and well being every year. Yet, obesity is on the rise. An estimated 70 to 74% of our US veterans are either overweight or
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Childhood obesity is increasing among our children at an alarming rate. According to the Center of Disease Control, the number of obese children has tripled within the last thirty years. About ten percent of toddlers (ages 2-5 years) is overweight (CCCC). Forty years ago only four percent of our children were considered obese and today fifteen percent of them are. The main cause of childhood obesity is unhealthy eating habits and not enough physical activity. There are many things we can do in our homes, schools, and communities to help fight childhood obesity. Childhood obesity can lead to other health and social problems that will affect the children throughout their lives.There are many
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CHILD OBESITYChild ObesityObesity is a situation that influences more than one-quarter of adults and one out of five children according to the American Obesity Association (AOA). The special effects of obesity are sickness, decease, disabilities and morbidity. This disease does not receive the notice that it ought to have from the government and insurance companies. United States spends billions of dollars on healthcare and well being every year. Yet, obesity is on the rise. An estimated 70 to 74% of our US veterans are either overweight or obese. Obesity has been named the nation's leading cause of preventable death (Das, 2005). The US Surgeon General issued a call to action to prevent and
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The United States of America is the fattest country in the world. Obesity in America has reach epidemic proportions. Obesity and weight gain has become major concern of public health in the United States. In every state, at least twenty percent of adults are obese, and in twelve of these states the obesity rate is above thirty percent. Mississippi currently holds the highest rate of obesity with 34.9 percent of its residents being obese. On the contrary, Colorado has the lowest rate of obesity with 20.7 percent. CNN estimated that annual medical care costs due to obesity reached $147 billion, but the Institute of Medicine estimates it is closer to $190 billion.
Since the 1980’s obesity
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In the United States one out of five children are overweight or obese according to WebMD. When a child is overweight or obese, safety becomes an issue because it can seriously affect the young child’s health conditions. Obesity is now a worldwide health problem that has not only caused a lot of sparks and talk, but has also begun to rank as a serious risk, comparable to diseases.
Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. Obesity occurs when a child weighs above the normal weight for his or her age and height. Childhood obesity is a serious issue in the United States and around the world because the extra pounds may lead children to health
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running head: child obesitychildhood obesity in AmericaIntroductionChildhood obesity is a growing pestilential problem in the United States of America. It is a very deliberate contention which can advance to many health and social commencement which can continue into after life. However, it is not as simple as this as the science behind childhood obesity is highly multifarious and can deviate between idiosyncratic. It is important that we implement prevention programs and get a better understanding of childhood obesity. However, medical advice and common sense are usually the safest and most effective ways of reducing childhood obesity in your child.DiscussionStudy found that 25 percent of
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Obesity is defined as an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual's ideal body weight (Ford-Martin, 2003). Not long ago, obesity was revered as a sign of wealth. But in the 1900s, the ideal body type began to get thinner. The impact was felt primarily on woman and somehow their success in life became linked to how thin they were. Science is now grasping the fact that biology plays a major role in body weight. Weight control is a huge medical problem in the U.S. (Powell, 2001). About half of the people in U.S. are overweight and one third are clinically obese (Powell, 2001). Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. (Graham, 2002
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How convenient is it for us to go through a drive-thru and order a meal, or sit in the comforts of our living room and have something delivered to us? Among the many ways food has been made available to us, it appears that the lack of energy we spend in getting it is finally catching up to us. When I say catching up to us, I am referring to the crisis of obesity that we are facing. It appears to have been a problem that existed a long time ago, but has never really received the attention it deserves. It is a problem that millions of Americans are facing now and there seems to be no end in site. I think back to my childhood years, and how we would be at the local parks or in the
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What is obesity? Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight, and morbidly obese is when the body fat is 40% or higher. More recent guidelines for obesity uses a measurement called BMI (body mass index), which is the individual’s weight, multiplied by 703 and then divided by twice the height in inches. BMI of 25.9-29 is considered overweight; BMI over 30 is considered obese. Obesity is associated with an increased risk of illness, disability and death. The Free Dictionary by Farlex (2008)
Obesity is becoming more and more common among younger children. According to Dr. William Dietz, a pediatrician at Tufts University of
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promote healthy exercise habits and (with the help of local communities) be able to provide the necessary equipment to help adolescents get a healthy amount of physical activity. (American Obesity Association)
Lack of exercise isn’t the root cause of childhood obesity however it is, in fact, only half of the cause. The other cause is the consumption of high calorie foods. Adolescents today consume many high sugar, high calorie, low nutrition snacks. In many cases these snacks are used as rewards and/or a replacement for a normal meal. These practices foster bad eating habits. Instead, if children replaced the “junk food” they eat with foods that are low calorie and have a good
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What exactly is obesity? Obesity (noun) - the condition of being grossly fat or overweight. A bunch of people don’t understand what being obese means. Just because you have a couple extra pounds on you doesn’t mean that you are overweight! You have to always eat till your stomach gets full. If you always eat too much it doesn’t mean that you are overweight. You have to eat too much of the wrong foods. The reason more and more people are developing eating disorders is because they are misusing food and stress eating and eating for fun, whenever they are bored. Another term for obesity is Bulimia. Bulimia is an eating disorder. Bulimia is also known as bingeing and purging. Bingeing is eating
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The first issue that contributes to the nation’s obesity rates is that of learned behaviors. Children are very impressionable at a young age and often may mimic what their parents or older siblings do as a form of learning. Therefore if a sibling or adult has poor eating habits a child will develop them through the learning process and will not know that the behavior is not conducive to a healthy lifestyle (Kaneshiro, 2012). Children are also very good at understanding when to stop eating due to the sensation of fullness. Children usually stop as soon as their bodies signal that they are full. But this natural sensation may be overridden especially after significant amounts of
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An obese child's quality of life can be compared to that of a child with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, according to a study published in 2003 (Wood & Vega, MD, 2007). "Dr. Philip Thomas, a surgeon in England, working with obese patients was asked in 2006 to comment on what seemed to be societies reaction to the skyrocketing number of obese children, and he was quoted as saying that, "This is going to be the first generation that is going to have a lower life expectancy than their parents, it's like the plague is in town and no one is interested" (Press, 2006). The rapidly increasing prevalence of childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and continues to soar, with studies
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Remember those mornings watching cartoons with a breakfast with a sugary bowl of cereal, hours and hours on the sofa eating chips and playing video games, in the afternoon movie time with the family next to a mega sized soda and popcorn, at night frozen dinners followed by numerous hours surfing on the internet and finally bed. Altogether, this blend of inactivity and voracious feeding, which is shared by many American children, has helped an epidemic grown overtime major cause of death in America: obesity. Childhood obesity has reached pandemic proportions in America. As a result overweight children are much more likely to become overweight adults unless they adopt and maintain healthier
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Childhood obesity has become a more and more important issue in today’s world. There are genetic factors that are coming into play with people changing their lifestyles and culture changes have been a great influence on children around the world. Children are generally not as healthy as they were many years ago. Obesity has been the main cause of all these changes.
There is a difference between being overweight and obese. Being overweight not necessarily means your obese. People who lift weights and are heavier than their required weight for their age group, sure they are overweight but healthy (Defining). People who are obese, have a great body fat percentage then they should have
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Although some people don’t think it is a problem, obesity has become the biggest health problem in America, due to unhealthy eating habits and sedentary life styles. Obesity is unhealthy for countless reasons and it can kill people. Obesity in America has become so bad that in New Jersey alone 1 out of 5 children are obese (Saavedra et.al.). Our country has become known as the country full of fat people by other countries and today’s political cartoons almost always portray America as a fat man. America as a whole needs to change the image of the nation and make the nation healthier.
Let’s look at the facts when it comes to obesity. According to Felipe Lobelo, more than 78 million
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The World Health Organization (2006, WHO) defines obesity as a body mass index (weight-for-height) equal to or more than 30. In the UK the prevalence of obesity in childhood has significantly increased over the past twenty five years. A study commissioned by The Health Survey for England (HSE) showed that between 1996 and 2001 the proportion of obese children aged six to fifteen rose by 3.5 per cent from 20 per cent to 23.5 per cent of the population in that age bracket; there is no reason to suspect that the children of England are not representative of the United Kingdom as a whole.
Concern has grown that because of this increase obesity-related diseases, such as diabetes and heart
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